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Laura Richardson

State Senator · Senate District 35 · Party: Democratic

2997 final-passage votes on record.

Their job

A member of California's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.

Latest votes
  • Voted Yes on SB 756 (California Film Commission: motion picture tax credits: tracking and compliance program.). It passed. May 23, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 245 (Criminal procedure.). It passed. May 23, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 334 (Pupil instruction: sexual harassment, sexual assault, and sexual abuse prevention: safety.). It passed. May 23, 2025

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Record at a glance

2997
Final-passage votes
7383
All recorded votes

Counts of recorded votes only. ThePillory doesn't score or grade officials.

OfficeDemocratic
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 35
Party
Democratic
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

Official source ↗

Photo: Photo via Open States

Today
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No issues page found

Laura Richardson's website (sd35.senate.ca.gov ↗) has no page titled Issues, Priorities or Platform that ThePillory could find, as of Oct 10, 2026. It's searched again every few months.

This tab shows Laura Richardson's platform in their own words (a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, and statements their office submits) and specific commitments, checked word for word against their source, with a status that changes only with evidence. How the platform is recorded

Showing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.

  • SB 756

    California Film Commission: motion picture tax credits: tracking and compliance program.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 245

    Criminal procedure.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 334

    Pupil instruction: sexual harassment, sexual assault, and sexual abuse prevention: safety.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 681

    Housing.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 431

    Assault and battery: utility workers.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 710

    Property taxation: active solar energy systems.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 526

    Health facilities: clinics.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 250

    Medi-Cal: provider directory: skilled nursing facilities.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 310

    Failure to pay wages: penalties.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 236

    Cosmetics: chemical hair relaxers.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 461

    State real property: City of Imperial.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 624

    Nonminor dependents: tax guidance.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 80

    Energy: Fusion Research and Development Innovation Initiative.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 541

    Electricity: load shifting.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 591

    Taxation: electronic payments: penalties.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 384

    Preventing Algorithmic Price Fixing Act: prohibition on certain price-setting algorithm uses.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 408

    Voter registration: residency confirmation.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 514

    Wildfire prevention: qualified entities: assessments: California Fire Service Training and Education Program Act.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 442

    Grocery retail store and retail drug establishment employees: self-service checkout.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 464

    Employer pay data.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 661

    Airports: financial assistance.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 790

    Postsecondary education: interstate reciprocity agreements for distance education: out-of-state postsecondary educational institutions.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 221

    Crimes: stalking.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 317

    Wastewater surveillance.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 373

    Special education: nonpublic, nonsectarian schools or agencies.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 355

    Judgment debtor employers: Employment Development Department.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 834

    Criminal records: relief.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 685

    Special education: nonpublic schools and agencies.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 596

    Health facilities: administrative penalties.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 647

    Energy: Equitable Building Decarbonization Program: Low-Income Oversight Board: membership.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 724

    Public housing: lead testing.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 353

    Income tax: credits: food banks.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 56

    Property taxation: disabled veterans' exemption: household income.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 433

    Residential care facilities for the elderly: assisted living waiver rental rate protection.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 261

    Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 777

    Abandoned cemeteries: report.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 675

    Imperial County Air Pollution Control District: members and duties.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 379

    Sexually violent predators.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 42

    Political Reform Act of 1974: public campaign financing: California Fair Elections Act of 2026.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 34

    Air pollution: South Coast Air Quality Management District: mobile sources: Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 610

    Disaster assistance: tenants, mobilehome parks, and mortgages.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 226

    Infrastructure revitalization financing districts.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 747

    Civil rights: deprivation of federal constitutional rights, privileges, and immunities.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 258

    Crimes: rape.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 224

    Department of Water Resources: water supply forecasting.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 704

    Firearms: firearm barrels.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 743

    Education finance: Education Equalization Act: Equalization Reserve Account.

    Do pass

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 775

    Board of Psychology and Board of Behavioral Sciences.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 53

    Artificial intelligence models: large developers.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 328

    California Environmental Quality Act: exempt surplus land.

    Do pass as amended

    May 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

Older votes

Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Laura Richardson controls in 2025–2026, as reported to the California Secretary of State. These are facts about money; they don't explain any vote or action in office.

Raised · 2025–2026

$1,121,399

Spent $706,540

Totals

  • Raised
    10 statements, Summary Page line 5
    $1,121,399
  • Spent
    Summary Page line 11
    $706,540
  • From individuals (itemized)
    24 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
    $67,605 6%

Sums of each statement's own figures for its period. Contributions under $100 aren't itemized, so they're in "Raised" but not in the lists below.

Top contributing industries (approximate)

  • Labor unions
    $183,820
  • Finance, insurance and banking
    $99,655
  • Health care
    $94,344
  • Tribal governments
    $89,600
  • Issue and advocacy groups
    $58,750
  • Technology and telecommunications
    $55,967
  • Energy and utilities
    $45,110
  • Pharmaceuticals and medical products
    $44,900

Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 70% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.

How industries are assigned

Top employers of individual donors

No employer was named by 3 or more donors.

The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $30,250 came from people who listed no employer (retired, not employed or self-employed). Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.

Committees, parties and organizations

  • Pechanga Band of Indians
    4 contributions · organization · Tribal governments
    $22,800
  • Southern California Pipe Trades District Council #16 PAC
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Issue and advocacy groups
    $22,700
  • United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $21,800
  • California Nurses Association PAC (CNA-PAC)
    4 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $16,900
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 11
    3 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $15,900
  • CALPAC - California Medical Association PAC
    4 contributions · committee · Health care
    $15,500
  • California Bankers Association State PAC
    3 contributions · committee · Finance, insurance and banking
    $11,800
  • Comcast
    3 contributions · organization · Technology and telecommunications
    $11,800
  • Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association of America PAC
    5 contributions · committee · Pharmaceuticals and medical products
    $11,800
  • UA Journeyman & Apprentices Local #250
    1 contribution · small contributor committee · Not classified
    $11,800

Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Laura Richardson's own committees aren't counted.

Independent expenditures for and against

Spent to support: $0

None reported.

Spent to oppose: $0

None reported.

Spending on ads and outreach about Laura Richardson by committees that don't coordinate with the campaign; this money isn't given to the campaign. From Form 496 reports, which are filed for independent expenditures of $1,000 or more made in the 90 days before an election; spending outside that window isn't included. Each spender links to its committee record, where its own donors are listed.

Campaign committees and statements (2)

The committees Laura Richardson controls, and each campaign statement (Form 460) with its own totals for its period. A committee can be for another office or a future race, or an officeholder account; each is listed under its own name.

RICHARDSON FOR SENATE 2024

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $1,000 · cash at end $9,750 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $20 · cash at end $10,684 Statement ↗
    $-6,000 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $10,115 · cash at end $6,704 Statement ↗
    $-50,000 received
  • Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
    Spent $3,543 · cash at end $66,819 Statement ↗
    $55 received
Committee record ↗

RICHARDSON FOR SENATE 2028

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $205,651 · cash at end $417,016 Statement ↗
    $168,560 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $59,631 · cash at end $448,997 Statement ↗
    $127,403 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $87,820 · cash at end $381,225 Statement ↗
    $146,030 received
  • Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
    Spent $180,680 · cash at end $323,115 Statement ↗
    $281,541 received
Committee record ↗

From the Cal-Access export of Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:52:56 GMT. California replaces Cal-Access with a new disclosure system after the November 2026 election.

Methodology
Lobbying

California lobbying reports (Cal-Access) haven't been loaded yet. They're loaded each week from the Secretary of State's export.

Disclosures

Statements of economic interests (Form 700)

California officials file a Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) each year: their investments, real property, income and gifts. Statewide officers, members of the Legislature and county supervisors file theirs with, or through, the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), which publishes them.

Bought and sold (Schedule A-1)

No investments acquired or disposed of in the statements read.

From Schedule A-1 (stocks, bonds and other interests under 10%) of each annual statement, exactly as filed: the investment, the fair market value box checked and the date it was acquired or disposed of. A Form 700 gives the investment's value, not the size of a purchase or sale, and is filed once a year, so these aren't trade reports like Congress's. Where the statement doesn't say whose investment it is, ThePillory doesn't either. How these are read

Statements

  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 2, 2026 · covers 2025 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Candidate Senator · State Senate Filed Nov 3, 2025 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 28, 2025 · covers 2024 Statement (PDF) ↗

Source: FPPC Form 700 search ↗, searched Oct 13, 2026. How

Committees

No committee assignments loaded for this legislator.

Issues

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